Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 4, 2001, 5:38 PM CDT for Kingman County, Sedgwick County, Kansas. It was in force for 67 min. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 4, 2001, 5:38 PM CDT (22:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 4, 2001, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Kingman County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4, 5:39 PM CDT | Hail 0.88 | Norwich, KS | |
| Oct 4, 5:39 PM CDT | Hail 0.88 | Norwich, KS | |
| Oct 4, 6:30 PM CDT | Hail 0.88 | Goddard, KS | |
| Oct 4, 6:30 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Norwich, KS |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The nearest sounding before it
Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 103 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 612 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -255 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1139 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 152 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WUUS53 KICT 042238
SVRICT
KSC095-173-042345-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
538 PM CDT THU OCT 4 2001
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SEDGWICK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
KINGMAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
* UNTIL 645 PM CDT.
* AT 534 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORWICH...OR ABOUT 34
MILES SOUTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN WICHITA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE
NEAR NORWICH AROUND 540 PM CDT...
NEAR GARDEN PLAIN AROUND 625 PM CDT...
NEAR GODDARD AROUND 635 PM CDT...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DAMAGING HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS...
WINDS UP TO 60 MILES AN HOUR...
VERY FREQUENT AND DEADLY CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING...
SEEK A STURDY SHELTER IMMEDIATELY
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. AVOID USING THE TELEPHONE OR OTHER ELECTRICAL
EQUIPMENT...WHILE LIGHTNING IS IN THE AREA.
REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
REPEATING...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR
SEDGWICK AND KINGMAN COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM CDT.
LAT...LON 3747 9795 3738 9786 3744 9776 3761 9748
3771 9765
/HYSELL
NNNNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler | 55 min |
| Oct 4, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler | 61 min |
| Oct 4, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper | 65 min |
| Oct 4, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick, Sumner | 62 min |
| Oct 4, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Woodson | 65 min |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.